"To make it into a wood bat and maximize the ideal hitting area, they had to come up with this torpedo shape and reduce the ...

Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball's latest fad and see for himself if there really was some wizardry in the wallop off a torpedo bat ... highlighted the surge of interest in ...

A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball’s latest ...

CINCINNATI — About one week into the MLB season and all anyone wants to talk about is the “Torpedo Bat." The Reds beat ... is the Vice President of Manufacturing and Product Development ...

Baseball bat manufacturers ... tried a torpedo model and said he expects that to increase to 80% by month’s end. “All I can say,” said Bobby Hillerich, a vice president of manufacturing ...

Four teams contacted Louisville Slugger about the model, but when the so-called torpedo ... of manufacturing and operations for Hillerich and Bradsby Co., the maker of Louisville Slugger bats ...

Baseball bat manufacturers had little evidence to suggest a spike in sales was just around the corner when Major League Baseball’s newest season opened last week.